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- ↑ "Eric Peterson’s stagecraft brings three Dora nominations". Toronto Star , June 2, 2010.
- ↑ "A work in progress". St. Catharines Standard , August 8, 2012.
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- ↑ "Theatre Review: Soliciting Temptation is the season’s best new Canadian play" Archived 2014-11-20 at archive.today . National Post , April 13, 2014.
- ↑ Sumi, Glenn (5 August 2015). "SummerWorks Preview: Erin Shields flips the gender switch". NOW . Retrieved 5 November 2016.
- ↑ "The finalists for the 2018 Governor General's Literary Award for drama". CBC Books, October 3, 2018.
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